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ENGLISH P. 2 DEUTSCH S. 5 OSSAM RAMZY, Egypt’s Ambassador of Rhythm, was born in Cairo. Hossam performed with Sting on the Michael Parkinson TV Show. He HHis musical career began early, when at the age of three he was given won the New Age Voice Award for “Best Contemporary World Music” for his first drum – an Egyptian tabla. His passion for percussion was noted by his album ‘Immortal Egypt’ in collaboration with Phil Thornton. He also his family (many of whom were themselves involved in the arts), who joined the “Masters of Percussion from Africa Ensemble” for a concert at encouraged him to master his craft by studying with the leading music the Royal Festival Hall in London featuring the world famous Brazilian teachers of Egypt. A move to Saudi Arabia introduced Hossam to many of percussionist Airto Moreira. In 2007 he played a live show with the the Bedouin tribes who gave the young Hossam a rich insight into the legendary Grammy Award winners Chick Corea, Isaac Hayes and Mark cultural origins of Middle Eastern music that became the inspiration for Isham. He composed and arranged music for Shakira’s album ‘She Wolf’ many of his later rhythmic directions. (EPIC) as well as for her latest release ‘Empire’. In the mid 1970s he moved to England, and enjoyed great success as a Today Hossam is at the top of his game, having recently released the Jazz and Latin style drummer working with many highly respected Jazz biggest album of his career, Rock The Tabla, a collaborative project musicians like Andy Sheppard and Geoff Williams. But, as he began looking featuring some of the world’s top musicians including A.R. Rahman, for new dimensions of percussive sounds, he found himself turning full Billy Cobham, Omar Faruk Tekbilek and Manu Katché. Released in circle, back to his first love, the Egyptian drums, and the thrilling dance August 2011, Rock the Tabla earned Hossam a nomination for Best rhythms of the Middle East. The distinctive sound of Hossam’s percussion Artist in the Songlines Music Awards 2012. and the exciting rhythms on his albums caught the imagination of Peter Gabriel who invited Hossam to perform on his albums ‘Passion’ and later ‘Us’. Hossam went on to work with many top musicians including Joan Armatrading and Mari Wilson. In 1994 Robert Plant and Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) invited Hossam to bring together a band of Arabian musicians and work on their reunion album ‘No Quarter – Unledded’, which was certified triple platinum. This led to Hossam joining Page and Plant on their historic reunion 1995/96 world tour. Ever since, Hossam has been extensively touring with various artists, such as Pino Daniele of Italy as well as many of the top class Arabian singers like Cheb Khaled, Rachid Taha, Faudel and Yeşim Salkım, one of the most popular female singers from Turkey. To date Hossam has released over 25 albums and two DVDs of Egyptian dance and world music, with many of them dedicated to percussion and rhythms of the world. He has also collaborated on composing and performing many award- winning film soundtracks, such as: Stargate, Wings of a Dove, The Saint, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stealing Beauty, The Last Temptation of Christ, Stardust, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Conan The Barbarian 3D and The Dictator. 2 DISCOGRAPHY: Peter Gabriel ELO Paul Young Chick Corea Luciano Pavarotti Ricky Martin Joan Armatrading Cheb Khaled Isaac Hayes Robert Plant Faudel Mark Isham Jimmy Page Rachid Taha Sting Rolling Stones Deborah Harry Jay-Z Gipsy Kings Phil Thornton Shakira Procol Harum Loreena McKennitt OHAMED NAIEM was born in Port-Said on the northern part of the Suez Canal. Mohamed has Mdemonstrated a rare talent for playing the nay and kawala. These flutes are very difficult to play and it is rare to find someone who plays both flutes with such precision and talent and such soul- captivating spirituality. Mohamed moved to Cairo and worked in night clubs with many of the well-known singers and dancers on the club circuits. Hossam Ramzy kept hearing his name being mentioned by various well-respected musicians such as Ossama El Hendy (one of Hossam’s dearest friends and musical collaborators) and when the right opportunity presented itself a meeting was arranged. Mohamed has recorded on several of Hossam’s productions and has done live radio and TV recordings with the current best popular and Shaabi singers. 3 THE NAY (Arabic reed flute) The nay is a very old, simple wind instrument made from the reed plant and thought to have been first used by Egyptians in the ‘old’ ages. It is regarded as one of the oldest instruments known in Egypt and the Arab world. The ‘voice’ of the nay is said to fulfil psychological and spiritual needs. The nay is made of jointed, firm reed stems, growing in or near water. A nay has nine joints and is between 37 and 80 cm (14.5 – 31.5 in) long; the pitch of a nay is determined by its length and bore. There are seven kinds of nay. The most important of them are the Nay ‘Al Dokah’, Nay ‘Al Nawah’ and Nay ‘Al Hosseiny’. The most commonly used kind is the Nay ‘Al Dokah’. There are instruments in Egypt, similar to the nay, called ‘Salamia’ and ‘Arghol’, made from the same reed plant. They differ in the number of joints and length as well as playing technique. The notes produced by the nay give us the Arabic scale in which the third and seventh are quarter tones – a scale called ‘rast’. A nay player can of course play any other scale required, depending on his skill. First steps for anyone interested in learning to play the nay… • Hold the nay’s top edge to your lips, and then move its lower end slightly to the left or to the right, whichever is more comfortable. • With semi-closed lips blow a strong fine ‘breath’ of air; make sure the air stream collides with the outer edge of the instrument. Do not place your fingers on the holes at this stage. • Blow with a normal breath, neither violently nor continuously, to avoid getting tired (and dizzy) quickly. Try blowing several times until a note comes out. • Now begin to put your fingers on the holes. You will find that the notes now have changed. The different ways of putting your fingers on the holes will produce different scales. Enjoy the greatest sound you’ve ever heard! With my best wishes, Mohamed Naiem 4 HOSSAM RAMZY, Ägyptens Botschafter des Rhythmus, wurde in Kairo Außerdem wirkte Hossam an einigen preisgekrönten Film- geboren. Seine musikalische Karriere begann im Alter von drei Jahren, Soundtracks mit, wie: Stargate, Wings of a Dove, The Saint, The als er seine erste Trommel, eine ägyptische Tabla, geschenkt bekam. Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stealing Beauty, The Last Temptation of Seine Leidenschaft für Perkussion wurde von seiner Familie unterstützt. Christ, Stardust und Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Conan der Einige Familienmitglieder, selbst Künstler, ermutigten ihn, bei den Barbar 3D und Der Diktator. bekanntesten Musiklehrern Ägyptens Unterricht zu nehmen. Durch Hossam trat zusammen mit Sting in der Michael Parkinson TV-Show einen Umzug nach Saudi Arabien machte Hossam die Bekanntschaft (BBC1) auf und wurde mit dem „New Age Voice Award“ für „Best einiger Beduinenstämme, was ihm einen tiefen Einblick in die kulturellen Contemporary World Music“ für sein Album „Immortal Egypt“ Ursprünge der Musik des Nahen Osten gewährte und für ihn eine ausgezeichnet, das in Zusammenarbeit mit Phil Thornton entstand. Er Inspiration für seinen späteren rhythmischen Musikstil war. trat zusammen mit dem „Masters of Percussion from Africa Ensemble“ Mitte der 70er Jahre zog Hossam nach England und hatte dort bei einem Konzert in der Royal Festival Hall in London auf, bei dem auch großen Erfolg als Jazz- und Latin Drummer. Er spielte mit anerkannten der weltbekannte brasilianische Perkussionist Airto Moreira mitwirkte. Jazzmusikern wie Andy Sheppard und Geoff Williams. Als er begann, sich 2007 trat er in einer Liveshow mit den legendären Grammy Preisträgern nach einer neuen Richtung in seinem Perkussion-Sound umzusehen, Chick Corea, Isaac Hayes und Mark Isham auf. Hossam komponierte und kam er wieder zurück zu seiner ersten Liebe, der ägyptischen Tabla und arrangierte Musik für Shakiras Album ‚She Wolf‘ (EPIC) sowie für ihre den mitreißenden Tanzrhythmen des Nahen Ostens. Der besondere neueste Single ‚Empire‘. Sound von Hossams Perkussion und seine aufregenden Rhythmen Heute ist Hossam auf der Höhe seiner Schaffenskraft. Vor kurzem auf seinem Album erregte die Aufmerksamkeit von Peter Gabriel, der veröffentlichte er sein bisher größtes Album, Rock The Tabla. Es ihn einlud auf seinen Alben ‚Passion‘ und ‚Us‘ mitzuwirken. Hossam ist ein kollaboratives Projekt mit einigen Welt-Spitzenmusikern, arbeitete mit weiteren Top-Musikern, wie Joan Armatrading und Mari einschließlich A.R. Rahman, Billy Cobham, Omar Faruk Tekbilek und Wilson. 1994 luden Robert Plant und Jimmy Page (ex Led Zeppelin) Manu Katché. Herausgegeben im August 2011, brachte Rock The Tabla Hossam ein, eine Gruppe arabischer Musiker zusammenzustellen, um Hossam eine Nominierung für Bester Künstler in den Songlines Music auf ihrem Reunion-Album ‚No Quarter - Unledded‘ mitzuwirken. Dieses Awards 2012 ein. Album wurde dreifach mit Platin ausgezeichnet. Dies führte dazu, daß Hossam Jimmy Page und Robert Plant auch auf ihrer Welttournee 1995/96 begleitete. Seitdem war Hossam mit verschiedenen Künstlern DISCOGRAPHIE: auf Tournee, wie Pino Daniele aus Italien und erstklassigen arabischen Peter Gabriel ELO McKennitt Sängern wie Cheb Khaled, Rashid Taha, Faudel und Yeşim Salkım, Chick Corea Luciano Paul Young einer der beliebtesten Sängerinnen der Türkei. Hossam veröffentlichte Joan Pavarotti Ricky Martin mittlerweile über 25 Alben und 2 DVDs mit ägyptischer Tanz- und Armatrading Cheb Khaled Isaac Hayes Weltmusik, von denen einige besonders der Perkussion und den Robert Plant Faudel Mark Isham Rhythmen der Welt gewidmet sind.